Some Joe Torre tidbits

Posted by Mandy Housenick | October 21, 2009 at 09:18 PM

DID YOU KNOW?

---Joe Torre is making his 14th consecutive trip to the postseason, which ties him with Braves manager Bobby Cox. Torre guided the Yankees to the playoffs from 1996-2007 and took the Dodgers there last year and this year.

---That he went to the Bruce Springsteen concert at the Spectrum after Tuesday's workout. "My wife laughs at me when I go to concerts like that," he said. "But the thing I find really remarkable is how every single person there feels he's there for them. He connects with all those people, whether they're sitting close or way back in the upper deck somewhere. And his energy is crazy. Sixty years old. That's pretty darn good."

---The crowd greeted Torre with a "Beat LA" chant. "They were very kind," Torre said. "It was more a dig than of a serious nature. I think everybody was thrilled to see Bruce, not me. But they had some fun with me."

---So, is there anything these Phillies have in common with Torre's Yankees? "I see a lot of similarities with the Yankee-Phillie thing because they have a lot of confidence. And that's the one thing my ballclub had. When I sent them out there to play, I didn't really worry about if they were going to get lost."